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Sioux Falls, South Dakota — Todd Heitkamp, the owner of Dakota Angler in Sioux Falls, SD, provides the latest fishing report for the Tri-State area of Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota. Well the cold air has arrived and soon everyone will be on the ice! While you wait, check out the latest Dakota Angler 2-Minute Fishing Report! Plus Todd talks about the Dakota Angler Customer Appreciation Weekend coming up on December 16-18!

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Larchwood Iowa — The Sheldon Girls Basketball Team opened the season on the road at West Lyon Tuesday night falling to the host team Wildcats 56-30. West Lyon led at all the breaks up 11-7 at the end of the first quarter and 20-15 at the half. The Wildcats took control of the game in the third quarter led by a 10 point effort from Kate Groeneweg to move in front 43-26 at the end of the third quarter. Groeneweg hit a three at the buzzer as an exclamation point just as she had at the end of the first half. She finished with 15 points. West Lyon would go on to win 56-30.

Also in double figures for West Lyon was Chaydon Metzger who hit for 15 points on the night as well. Sheldon was led by Taylor Weber with 9 points.

With the loss Sheldon opens 0-1 in the conference and for the season. West Lyon opens at 1-0. Both teams are off until Tuesday November 29th. Sheldon will be at Boyden Hull for another girls only match up. West Lyon will host Okoboji in a girls, boys doubleheader. The Sheldon boys will open the season on Friday December 2nd when the Orab girls and boys meet Sioux Center in the home opener.

Des Moines Iowa — The 2016 All State Volleyball Teams have been released. The four northwest Iowa teams that made their way to State are all represented. Those teams included Western Christian, Unity Christian and Central Lyon in Class 2A and Sioux Center in 3A.

In Class 1A third team honors went to Katie Peters of LeMars Gehlen. Emily Hansmann of George Little Rock earned honorable mention all state honors.

In Class 2A Karsyn Winterfeld of Western Christian was named player of the year. Wolfpack head coach Tammi Veerbeek was named coach of the year. Erika Feenstra of Western was also named to the first team. Unity is represented by Josie Blankespoor and Alli Timmermanns. Ashtyn Veerbeek of Western was named to the second team along with Corrina Timmermanns of Unity. Hope Rasmussen of Central Lyon was named to the third team all state. Lion team mate Ashley Boer earned honorable mention accolades.

In Class 3A Jessica Harald of Sioux Center was named to the first team. Sioux Center’s Alexis Toering was named to the third team and a third Warrior Hannah Dykshorn was named honorable mention.

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Northwest Iowa — The Class 1A District 1 All-District Football Teams have been released and the Western Christian Wolfpack, West Lyon Wildcats and the Generals of Sibley Ocheyedan are well represented.

The Wolfpack put 8 players on the first team including Tyson Kooima, Ben Granstra, Ben Gesink, Caden Fenchel, Jake Uittenbogaard, Justin Grevengoed, Jesse Jansma and Colyn Oostenink. Gesink was named All District specialist on the year with linemen of the year honors going to Fenchel. Kooima was the co-offensive MVP , sharing the award with Jay Small of Hinton. Western’s Travis Kooima was named coach of the year with Ethan Kooima sharing defensive assistant coach of the year honors with Jared VanderZanden of West Lyon.

The Wildcats produced 6 first team players. They include Dylan Huyser, Monte Pottebaum, Tanner Oleson, Jaden Snyder, Darin Knoblock and Noah Van’t Hof. The Wildcats Kully Kramer was named assistant offensive coach of the year.

Sibley Ocheyedan had 3 players named to the first team. They were Matt Naig, Garrett Sayler and Colvin Jenness. Trent Kruger was named all district punter.

For a complete list of first teamers, second teamers and honorable mention click on the link below.

Cedar Falls Iowa — Former West Lyon stand out LeVar Woods will be one of six athletes being inducted into the IHSAA Football Players Hall of Fame. The Football Players Hall of Fame was created by the IHSAA in 1980 to celebrate the achievements of individuals whose qualities and deeds on the fields of Iowa and their subsequent success and contributions to the game were such to inspire others to succeed in football and the game of life. The six will be presented at halftime of the Class 4A Championship game Friday evening November 18th.

Playing for Hall of Fame Coach Jay Rozeboom, Woods was on teams that posted a glittering 41-5 record with four undefeated District championships, four trips to the playoffs where they advanced to the semifinals each year before taking home the 1995 Class 2A runner-up trophy.

He was a three-year letter winner and starter earning All-State honors and the Class 2A Player of the Year in 1995. As a running back and defensive end, his playing time was curtailed due to game scores but he still rushed for 1,300 yards and 10 touchdowns, while recording 50 solo tackles and earning a spot in the Shrine Bowl.

Woods also earned letters in basketball and track, where he was a State Meet discus medal winner before moving on to the University of Iowa. At Iowa, he was a three-year letterman and two-year starter at linebacker and earned honorable mention All-Big Ten and captained the Hawks as a senior. He posted 165 career tackles, including 18 for a loss and four sacks earning a spot in the Blue-Grey game.

He played eight seasons at linebacker in the NFL with Arizona, Detroit and Tennessee. In 88 games he totaled 168 tackles, 2.5 sacks, and four fumble recoveries. In his four years in Arizona he was a finalist for the Byron “Whizzer” White and Walter Payton Man of the Year awards, recognizing his contributions to charity, a trait reflected in his life. He has done summer camps at West Lyon and also founded a Football Academy for youth and high school players. He has been on the Iowa football staff for nine seasons, the last five years as an assistant coach.

Also being inducted into the Hall of Fame are Brent Maclagan of Jefferson-Scranton arguably one of Iowa’s best multiple sport athletes in the mid-1990s, he was twice an All-State football selection; a four-time State Track Champion as an outstanding middle distance runner, and hurdler; a five-year starter in baseball and a three-year starter in basketball.

Matt Chatham of Sioux City North was a key performer for two varsity seasons for the Stars with a reputation for being an outstanding tackler and a sure-handed receiver. His senior season he led North to the best record in Sioux City under Coach Jon Dornon. He kept the city’s streak alive of having a first team all-state player as he won consensus honors on defense.

Todd Blythe of Indianola was a three-year starter on offense and defense for Coach Dave Summy, he was twice named to the All-State first team, including making the Des Moines Register’s Elite offensive team in 2002, when he was selected as the Class 4A Player of the Year.

Sage Rosenfels of Maquoketa was an outstanding player for Coach Mark Hillebrand. He won letters in five sports and All-State acclaim in three, while being an honor student with a 4.00 grade point average. As a quarterback and defensive back he earned All-State laurels in 1995 and then took his skills to Iowa State University and the National Football League.

Nate Kaeding of Iowa City West excelled as a place kicker at the high school, college and NFL level. Playing for Hall of Fame Coach Reese Morgan, he was a three-year prep starter, making the playoffs each year and winning back-to-back undefeated State Championships in 1998 and 1999, when he earned All-State honors. He started for West in three state championships as a senior and four in his career adding gold trophy basketball and soccer teams to his resume as well. His high level of accomplishment in three sports led to his being named high school male athlete of the year in 2000.

This years Hall of Fame Class will be presented at halftime of the Class 4A Championship game Friday evening November 18th at the UNI Dome.

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Cedar Rapids — Four area volleyball teams open State Tournament play Wednesday in Cedar Rapids. One team is competing in 3A with the other three all competing in 2A.

In the upper bracket of 3A #6 Sioux Center (34-4) opens at noon against #5 Mount Vernon (33-7). Jessica Harald leads the Warriors in kills with 348. Camryn Cleveringa has 55 ace serves on 351-of-389 serving. Hannah Dykshorn is the assists leader with 898. Cleveringa has a team high 411 digs. Alexis Toering is the blocks leader with 60 on the year.

In Class 2A #1 Western Christian (38-6) opens at 2:00pm on court one against unranked Grundy Center (25-16). Western is led by Karsyn Winterfeld with 361 kills. She is also the Wolfpack leader in ace serves with 91 on 383-of-451 serving. Olivia Granstra is the assists leader at 548. Erica Bousema leads the team in digs with 336 and Erica Feenstra is the blocks leader with 112 on the season.

#2 Unity Christian (34-4) opens at 2:00 on court two against #12 Mediapolis (33-7). The Knights kill leader is Josie Blankespoor with 397. Allison Timmermans leads in ace serves with 73 on 316-of-367 serving. Timmermans also leads in assists with 853 and digs with 279. Jori Bronner is the blocks leader at 103.

#6 Central Lyon (30-4) opens tournament play at 4:00 on court one against #7 Council Bluffs St Albert (26-4). Hope Rasmussen leads the Lions in kills with 237. The leader in ace serves is Ashley Boer with 60 on 413-of-421 serving. Carly Snyder leads the team in assists with 661. Madie Elbert is the digs leader at 458 while Becca Roskam leads the team in blocks with 53.

Broadcast coverage on KIWA FM 105.3 begins with pregame at 1:45 for the Western opener followed by Central Lyon with the pregame set for 3:45. We’ll stream from the website at www.kiwaradio.com.